Working in the Theatre: Clowning

Working in the Theatre: Clowning

"If there is someone who is going to reach out, shake your hand and befriend you at the circus, it's going to be the clown." says Big Apple Circus clown Joel Jeske. "Clowns fall down so we don't have to." An ancient form of theatrics routed in physical comedy, clowning transcends language and cultural barriers by finding the absurd in the everyday. Follow clowns Brent McBeth, Joel Jeske and David Shiner through routines. Look inside Slava Polunin's famed Snowshow and his Academy of Fools. For more information on Slava Polunin, please visit http://ift.tt/1p7Fv3E For more information on Big Apple Circus, please visit http://ift.tt/1iE2ix2 For more information on the American Theatre Wing, please visit http://ift.tt/1YktQO1